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Belle Epoque - new work by Michael Stevenson

July 30 - October 29, 2006

Public Reception: Sunday, August 30, 2 pm - 4 pm

Statement
This body of work is drawn from paintings of society women done by Jean Dominique Ingres, the French Classical painter of the 19th Century. The paintings started as a continuation of previous figurative works, with an interest in the formal aspects the source paintings - the pose, the rendering of materials and so forth - but soon turned to what I saw as the artifice in Ingres' work. The idealization of the figures and the idealization of the environments hid the artistic license Ingres took with the anatomy of the women. So I pushed that incongruity by incorporating further the figures in an abstract context. Like engenders like and from these paintings arose the strictly abstract work, included here, the two paintings Belle Epoque - I and Belle Epoque - II. My present work continues in that vein.
- Michael Stevenson

Bio
A native of Montreal, Michael Stevenson actively exhibits in the United States and Canada. He received his MFA in Phoenix, where he also received an MA in Art History in Aztec art of the 1600's. His art work, both paintings and prints, draw as much from concepts and writings in the fields of art history, epistemology, science and the history of science as they do from studio practice. He has lived in Rome and Berlin and has traveled extensively in Europe, Asia and Asia Minor. His work is found in private, public and corporate collections in the US, Canada, the UK, Germany and Switzerland.

Belle Epoque I

Vicomtesse




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Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 10 am - 5 pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 10 am - 5 pm



Selection of Past Exhibitions:

Vessels
Jan 17 - Mar 7, 2010

New Studio Artists
Jan 17 - Mar 7, 2010

Plain and Simple
Nov 8 - Jan 3, 2010

F Sculpture Show
Nov 8 - Jan 3, 2010

Welcome to Fake Iraq
Sep 6 - Oct 25, 2009

Flying Machine
Sep 6 - Oct 25, 2009

For Fame and Love
Jul 19 - Aug 23, 2009

Lisa Bartleson: Luminate
Jul 19 - Aug 23, 2009

Finishing School: M.O.L.D.
May 3 - Jun 14, 2009

John Michael Gill: New Prints
May 3 - Jun 14, 2009

Christine Nguyen: Dark Matter of Fact
Feb 28, 2009 - Apr 12, 2009

Kurt Franz: Desublimated Landscapes
Feb 28, 2009 - Apr 12, 2009

Forming
Nov 16, 2008 - Jan 24, 2009

New in Town?
Studio Artists 2007 - 2008

Jun 29 - Aug 24, 2008

Salty Dog Bites the Hand
Apr 27 - Jun 15, 2008

Slobodan Dimitrov - Labor: Black and White Work
Apr 27 - Jun 15, 2008

Matthew Thomas: Too Busy For Love
Feb 17 - Mar 30, 2008

Benicia Gantner & Kim Schoenstadt
Nov 17 - Jan 13, 2008

Dirk Hagner
Nov 17 - Jan 13, 2008

Five Feelings
Sep 2 - Nov 4, 2007

Adrian de la Pena
Sep 2 - Nov 4, 2007

I Just Can't Get Enough
Jun 24 - Aug 19, 2007

Little Boy Blue
Jun 24 - Aug 19, 2007

On Site at the Gate 2007
Apr 29 - Jun 10, 2007

Jerrin Wagstaff and Carleton Christy
Apr 29 - Jun 10, 2005

110% Faculty from Art Center's Photo & Imaging Dept.
Feb 18, 2006 - Apr 15, 2007

New Studio Artists
Feb 3, 2006 - Apr 15, 2007

Bean Gilsdorf and Dan Gilsdorf
Dec 10, 2006 - Feb 4, 2007

Drawing Out
Dec 10, 2006 - Jan 15, 2007

El Camino Student Show
Nov 5 - Nov 26, 2006

Printmakers from the Czech Republic
Oct 1 - Nov 26, 2006

Belle Epoque
Jul 30 - Oct 29, 2006

Fiber/Fabric
Jul 30 - Sep 17, 2006

On Site at the Gate 2006
Apr 30 - Jun 11, 2006

Shannon Fincke
May 21 - Jul 23, 2006

Meeson Pae Yang
Mar 19 - May 14, 2006

Patssi Valdez
Feb 12 - Apr 9, 2006

/Third Space/ Whitney Stolich
Jan 29 - Mar 12, 2006

Draw
Dec 4 - Jan 29, 2006

Da Aie Park
Dec 11 - Jan 22, 2006

Tristan Duke
Oct 30 - Dec 4, 2005

Ghosts of El Toro
Oct 2 - Nov 20, 2005

Elaine Toland
Aug 14 - Sep 25, 2005

...Then Again...
Aug 7 - Sep 18, 2005

History of San Pedro Punk
Jun 26 - Jul 31, 2005

On Site at the Gate 2005
Apr 17 - Jun 12, 2005

Idiolects
Feb 20 - Apr 3, 2005

Bread and Salt
Oct 2 - Nov 28, 2004

Art and Democracy
Jun 27 - Aug 8, 2004
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